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Images for an interactive bulletin board: students guess what books the emojis represent, then lift the flap to check their guesses. Books range from 8th-12th grade levels. Does require cutting and pasting back to back for the "reveal."

Before watching Newsies, students can complete this 24-question, 12-point Webquest to learn more about the historical context of the movie. The four categories are Key Terms, Child Labor, 1899 History, and Pulitzer/Hearst. Sources are linked in the directions for each section and a key is provided.

Vocabulary lists for Acts I-V of the play with an assignment choice board (link to original choice board Doc included).

This activity requires students to choose a song that they will recite as if they were participating in a poetry reading. The objective is to remove the words from the tune and understand more deeply what they are saying, then present to the class. Rubric included!

This project will have students in speech and drama, theatre, etc. create a picture morgue for a stage makeup unit.

Slides for Ethos, Logos, Pathos with examples from the book "Monster" by Walter Dean Myers. Slides on Logical Fallacies with examples.

Vocab lists and projects and a final questions Choice Board.

Instructions and a planning chart for writing an Ode poem.

Worksheet for Chapter 5 of The Outsiders on "Nothing Gold Can Stay."

Resources for the book "Monster" by Walter Dean Meyers: -Rhetorical Appeals and Logical Fallacies slides -Monsters in the Media handout -Rhetorical Appeals - ethos logos pathos

This rubric is for grading a pantomime activity that requires students to be "mirrors" of each other. They will choreograph, practice, and present with a partner. An intro of this activity can be helped with a Youtube example of a fake mirror skit.

Students choose three questions to answer which make a Tic-Tac-Toe win. They must use textual evidence to respond about the play itself and Shakespeare's plays in general.

A worksheet to be filled out while watching two TED Talks on speaking effectively and being a better listener.

Rubric to grade a 3-minute persuasive speech.

Introductory activity using notes and Youtube videos to understand concepts of the voice.

A rubric to assess a speech on pet peeves.

A blueprint cat face instruction for stage makeup

This graphic organizer is to compare and contrast two texts.

This worksheet encourages close reading of the song "If I Die Young" to pair with "The Lady of Shalott."

Two different version of a PSA assignment with information slideshow and rubric.